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MCP is the protocol that's revolutionizing AI by creating a standard for how models connect to tools and APIs—just like shipping containers standardized global trade. This means less custom code and faster innovation.

Welcome to Kong Plugins 101 – your introduction to applying governance, security, and control to every API call using Kong Konnect. In this session, we cover: What Kong plugins are and how they work Applying authentication, authorization, throttling, and rate limiting Securing services with advanced governance rules Real-world demo: setting a 5 calls per minute rate limit on an HTTPBin service route How plugins can be applied at different levels – global, service, route, or consumer.

Unlock the full potential of your APIs and accelerate development with the Kong Konnect Developer Portal. This video demonstrates a complete developer journey, from discovery to monitoring, showcasing how a powerful dev portal can foster innovation and efficiency. In this demo, you will see: This workflow highlights how a centralized developer portal is crucial for managing the entire API lifecycle, enabling teams to build, deploy, and maintain applications faster than ever.

Model Context Protocol (MCP) is redefining how AI connects with real-world tools, APIs, and data. In this video, Hugo breaks down what MCP is, how it works, and why it matters for developers and enterprises adopting AI at scale.

Discover the fundamentals of delivering API management as a platform service with Kong Konnect. In this introductory workshop, we’ll explore essential concepts and methodologies that Platform Providers use to provide scalable, self-service API management capabilities to Platform Consumers.

Join us for a Dynatrace + Kong webinar where you’ll discover a complete OpenTelemetry-based observability solution, demonstrated through an end-to-end Kubernetes deployment: In this session, we’ll explore how to: Combining deep observability with robust platform and system management, this webinar will also show how Dynatrace and Kong work together to help teams deploy, operate, and scale mission-critical applications with confidence.

This video demonstrates how you can save time and maintain consistency by reusing existing reports to build powerful, customized dashboards. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to: + Add existing reports to your custom dashboards.+ Customize and tweak reports by updating filters to fit your specific needs.+ Adjust time ranges, including syncing with a global dashboard time.+ Quickly build and share insights across teams, turning dashboard creation from hours into seconds.

The growth of APIs, teams, and services often leads to dashboard sprawl, making it difficult to find the information you need when you need it. This video introduces a powerful solution now generally available in Kong Konnect: using labels and taxonomy to organize your analytics dashboards. Learn how to structure your dashboards around common business concepts like team, service name, or environment. This organization, combined with Konnect's universal quick search, allows you to find any dashboard instantly, directly from the top search bar, no matter where you are in the platform.

Ever wonder what an API is? APIs are the invisible messengers that connect our digital world. They're how your weather app gets the forecast or your ridesharing app uses a map from a different company.

Unlock the power of your API data with Kong Konnect's Custom Dashboard templates. In this video, we tackle the common challenge of not knowing which metrics are truly important for monitoring API service health and performance. Learn how Kong's decades of expertise are now baked directly into Konnect to provide you with best-practice dashboard templates. Dashboards from templates Say goodbye to starting from scratch! We'll walk you through the powerful new templates available in Kong Konnect that allow you to go from zero to a fully functional, insightful dashboard with a single click.